Clothes drier



June.Z4, 1930. STEELE 1,767,157

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Application flledse'otember 19, 1928. Serial No. aoasao.

to be detachably supported adjacent the concealed radiator stack. v A further object is to provide a drying cabinet of the above nature which is adapted when not in use to be collapsed into a small amount of space. A further object is to provide a dryingapparatus of the above nature which will be simple in. construction, inexpensive tomanufacture, easy to install and manipulate, compact when not in use, ornamental in appearance, and very efficient and durable in use.

With these and other objects in view there has been illustrated on the accompanying drawings one form in which the invention may be conveniently embodied in practice.

Fig. 1 represents a perspective view of the, clothes drying cabinet as it appears in use supported against a wall, within which is a concealed radiator and stack, v

Fig. 2 is a side sectional view of the same.

The drying of clothes after they have been washed has always been attended with considerable difliculty. The common practice of hanging clothes outdoors for drying is not only troublesome and laborious, but often dani'gerous to t'he health of the laun- 'dress-.more especially in the winter time.

Moreover, the outdoor drying of clothes often injures them owing to tearing by clothes-pins and the whipping and snappingof the clothes by the wind. This practice is also unsanitary owing to the collection of dust and germs from the air. Again, many persons object to the public display of their wearing apparel; f

In rainy weather, when it is impossible to to hang them indoors upon cumbersome clothes horses or bars generally located in dryclothes outdoors, it has been customary quires a whole'day to dry the clothes, and the .whole house .is made damp and disagreeable, to say nothing of the kitchen odors absorbed by the clothes and the necessity of postponing the ironing for another day.

By means of the present invention, the above and other disadvantages" have been avoided and a combination drying cabinet and radiator stack has been produced which will generally dry an average supply of clothes sufliciently to permit ironing 1n less than an hour. Moreover,lthe clothes dried by means of this invention will be sweet and clean and free from all laundry or. kitchen odors. I I

While the presentinvention is especially adapted for domestic use in homes and apartments, it may also be used in hotels, hospitals, factories, bath-houses, and drycleaning establishments. In the latter case the drying of-the: clothes is attended with complete safety because, of the fact that there is no openflame'to ignite volatile, in-

fiamm'able, cleansing liquids which are genstack 11 which is preferably concealed behind the wall 12- of .a room. The stack 11 communicates with the room by means of an upper-grille 13 and a lower grille 14. In the normal operation of the radiator, relatively cold airwill be drawn from the bottom of the room through the lower grille-14, and afteribeing'heated by the radiator 10 will rise in the stack Y11 and pass out into the room again through the upper grille 13.

In order to permit the hot air from the radiator to'be-used for the purpose of drying clothes and other articles the stack 11 is provided with an intermediate "front grille 15 similar to the upper andlower grilles 13 and '14. A deflectingdamper" 16 is provided for causing the hot air to enter a drying cabinet, generally indicated by 17 and located adjacent the wall 12. A similar damper 18 is provided in the topof, the stack 11 for closing the upper grille 13. The clothes 19 or other articlesto be dried are suspended upon racks 20 mounted in the sides 21 and 22 of the drying cabinet 17. The rear wall 25 of the cabinet is rovided with an opening shaped to fit a out the grille 15 and adapted to be held into alinement therewith.

The dryingcabinet has a removable cover 23 hinged at 24 to the rear wall 25, said cover having a plurality of distributed apertures 26 therein to permit the escape of the hot air after it has passed through the cabinet 17 The front of the cabinet is provided with a pair of doors 27 and 28 vertically hinged to the sides 21 and 22, and having suitable locking means for holding said doors in closed position, as shown on the drawing. The bottom of the cabinet comprises a base 29 which is provided near its rear with a plurality of smallslots 30 for fitting over an equal number of hook members 31 extending forwardly through the wall 12. The rear horizontal ends of said hook members are secured to the inner sidesv of the studding of the concealed stack 11 as by screws 32. The front of the radiator cabinet 18 is supported by a pair. of legs 33 hinged at 34 to the base 29 and being connected at 35-to a pair of braces 36 and 37.

The braces 36 and 37 are pivoted together by a pin 38 and the brace 37 is pivoted to a depending lug 39 on the base 29.

The top 23 of the cabinet 17 is removably locked in position by thumb screws 40, and the base 29 is similarly locked in position by thumb screws 41.

x In order toproduce a uniform flow of hot air from the radiator stack 11 to all parts of the clothes 19 in the cabinet 17, provision is made of a bafiie partition 42 located in the lower part of said cabinet immediately above the intermediate grille 15. The baffle partition 42 is provided with a plurality of rectangular openings 43, and vanes 44 depend downwardly from the front edges of said openings 43 to direct the air upwardly into the upper compartment of the cabinet.

The bafiie partition 42 is preferably supported by a pair of angle irons 45 so that it may be removed prior to the collapsing of The rear of the cabinet the drying cabinet. is preferably protected from the wall of the room, as by an insulating sheet 46.

' In operation, when it is desired to use the drier, the cabinet 17 will first be pushed against the wall 12 of the room ,with the rear opening of the cabinet in alinement with the intermediate grille 15, and the damper 16 will be opened. The cabinet will then be supported in position by placing the slots tion may be embodied, it is to be understood that this form is shown for the purpose of illustration only, and that the invention is not to be limited to the specific disclosure but may be modified and embodied in various other forms without departing from its spirit. In short, the invention includes all the modifications and embodiments commg within the scope of the following claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, what 1S claimed as new, and for which it is desired to secure Letters Patent, is:

1. In a clothes drier, a stack, having aside opening a cabinet having an inlet aperture adapted to fit said opening and adapted to receive a supply of heated air from said stack, a baffle partition above said inlet openng, a plurality of clothes-supporting racks in the upper part of said cabinet above said partition, and hook members on said stack for 'detachably supporting said cabinet against said stack, and means for supporting the front of said cabinet.

. 2. In a clothes drier, a hot air stack hav- 1ng a side opening, a drying cabinet having an inlet aperture adapted to fit said opening, articles to be dried, a bafile partition above said aperture for uniformly distributing the rising hot air around said articles, means on said stack for supporting the rear of said cabinet, and means for supporting the front of said cabinet.

3. In a clothes drier, a hot air stack having a side opening, a drying cabinet having an inlet aperture adapted to fit said opening, means in said cabinet for supporting articles to be dried, a bafile partition above said aperture for uniformly distributing the rising hot air around said articles, means on said stack for detachably supporting the rear of said cabinet, and means for supporting the front of said cabinet.

4. In a clothes drier, a hot air stack hav ing a side opening, a drying cabinet having an inlet aperture adapted to fit said opening, means in said cabinet for supportingarticles to be dried, a. bafile partition above said aperture for uniformly distributing the rising "hot air around said articles, means on said stack for supporting the rear of said cabinet, and means for collapsibly supporting the front of said cabinet.

means in said cabinet for supporting 5. In a clothes drier, a hot air stack having a side opening leading into a room above the floor thereof, a drying cabinet having an inlet aperture adapted to fit said opening, means in said cabinet for supporting articles to be. dried, a baflle partition above said aperture for uniformly distributing the rising hot air around said articles,

means on saidstack for supporting the rear of said cabinet, and means for supporting a the front of said cabinet.

'6. In a clothes drier, a cabinet havin an inlet opening adapted to receive a Suppl 3 of heated. air from a radiator stack, detachable means to hold said cabinet upon said stack in position to receive heated air through said inlet opening, a bafllle partition above said inlet opening, a plurality of clothes-supporting racks in the upper part of said cabinet above said partition, the top of said cabinet having air outlet apertures, said bafile partition having a plurality of rearwardly and downwardly inclined vanes for deflecting the inflowing air upwardly.

7. In a clothes drier, a cabinet having an inlet opening adapted to receive a supply of heated air from a radiator stack, means for detachably connecting said cabinet to said stack for permitting hot air to flow into said cabinet, a bafiile partition above said inlet opening, a plurality of clothes-supporting racks in the upper part of said cabinet above said partition, the top of said cabinet having air outlet apertures, the top, base, front, and rear of said cabinet being movable to ermit the removal of the dried clothes and t e collapsing of said cabinet.

8. In a combination clothes drier 'and room heater, a hot air stack having a side opening, and an upper opening leading into the room, aclothes drying cabinet having a rear aperture communicating with said side opening, and means for causing hot airfrom said stack to flow selectively either into said cabinet or into said room.

9. In a combination clothes drier and room heater, a hot air stack having a side opening,

and an upper opening leading into the room,

a clothes drying cabinet having a rear apertureccommunicating with said side opening,

- and meansfor causing hot air from said stack to flow selectively either into said cabinet or into said room, said cabinet being detachably connected with said stack.

In testimonlyl whereof, I have affixed my signature to t is specificattion.

' MAURICE G. STEELE. 

